Is this laptop good enough for Civ IV

[PickledDictator]

Below is the link to the graphics card :
http://www1.ca.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/precn_m4300?c=ca&cs=cabsdt1&l=en&s=bsd


The actual model specs of the one I can snag for a decent price are:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7100 (1.8 GHz) 3M L2 Cache, 800MHz Dual Core
Genuine Windows XP Pro
GRAPHICS CARD NVIDIA® Quadro FX 360M
15.4 IN WIDE WSXGA+ LCD Panel 1680x1050
2.0GB, DDR2-667 SDRAM,
80 GB Hard Drive, 7200RPM
8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW)
6 Cell Primary Battery
Dell Wireless 1505 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-card
Standard Touchpad

Since I need a laptop anyways, and I have a small budget for it, would this play Civ IV large/huge map or not?

Thanks in advance

 

[ori]

should be ok - huge maps need lots of memory - my laptop has 3.2 GB of available memory and slightly faster processor but still lags sometimes on huge maps - however your system should handle them. more memory is always good for this game though

 

[PickledDictator]

I guess the better question is what is the min type of vid card for a laptop that you would want to run. I know it needs to be 128mb and all, but I know little about laptop video cards. My desktop is way more powerful I realize

 

[ori]

I am not too good with graphics cards - maybe someone else knows better.
IMO pretty much anything with onboard memory of 128 MB or better should run the game fine... you might want to check the stickied threads here - most of them have to do with graphics cards

 

[PickledDictator]

I am not too good with graphics cards - maybe someone else knows better.
IMO pretty much anything with onboard memory of 128 MB or better should run the game fine... you might want to check the stickied threads here - most of them have to do with graphics cards

Thanks I will have a browse then!